# Welcome to the Effin' Board, Ms. Crick! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 12, 2000, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-effin-board-ms-crick/13706 "2000-02-12T03:25:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2000, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-effin-board-ms-crick/13706/1 "2000-02-12T03:25:00Z")
One misunderstood reply, one Pit thread, and an IRL association with one of our best new members…you’re on your way to greatness, Madame. I, ChrisCTP, current leader in the “Most Patient with Newbies” category in the Sort Of Annual SDMB Awards, formally welcome you to the party. Hope you have as much fun here as I do. * * * “…being normal is not necessarily a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage.” ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2000, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-effin-board-ms-crick/13706/2 "2000-02-12T03:38:00Z")
No, this is not ironic. ## Welcome aboard, Ms. Crick. Hope things have been cleared up. **Coldfire** * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-effin-board-ms-crick/13706/3 "2000-02-12T03:43:00Z")
On Ms.Crick’s behalf, and my own, I thank ye kindly for your sentiments Chris. Unfortunately though, it’s just me and a pair of gently snoring little germ sponges here tonight. Ms. Crick should be around late tomorrow afternoon (we have a date to try out Nate’s Gumbo recipe, for which I’ve forgotten to thank him), and I’m sure she’ll be delighted by yer welcome. Dr. Watson “Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have someone to divide it with.” – Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2000, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-effin-board-ms-crick/13706/4 "2000-02-12T03:50:00Z")
Senor Watson, How DO you do it? Do you have a quotes page opened simultaneously and just copy ‘n’ paste? Do you actually KNOW all these quotes by heart? What gives? Inquiring Clogs want to know. * * * **Coldfire** * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2000, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-effin-board-ms-crick/13706/5 "2000-02-12T04:08:00Z")
Actually, Coldfire, it’s the lingering after effects of doing LSD and gettin’ locked in the Library twenty years ago . . . (Misspent youth is often its own reward.) Dr. Watson “It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.” – James Thurber ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2000, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-effin-board-ms-crick/13706/6 "2000-02-12T04:21:00Z")
Welcome to Mrs Crick! Now we can get all the dirt on her hubby! * * * Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2000, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-effin-board-ms-crick/13706/7 "2000-02-12T05:31:00Z")
_Very_ cool! Welcome to the fabled Ms. Crick, whenever she chooses she wander by. Good idea, Watson, to go with a fine meal of gumbo. And thanks for recruiting a fine addition to this eccentric crew. Veb ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-effin-board-ms-crick/13706/8 "2000-02-13T02:24:00Z")
So much for slipping in quietly and hiding in a corner . . . I don’t know what to say, except thank you all very much and I’m sorry for causing such a commotion. Of course if Watson had kept his big mouth shut I might have been able to just blend into the background noise. Every time I try to get away with being my own sweet introverted self the man finds a way to point every spotlight in the room at me, and you can all be assured that he’ll pay for this. Which means that there will be plenty of dirt the next time he isn’t looking over my shoulder. (wink.) A special, “I’m sorry,” to Coldfire – I guess I was just feeling a little apprehensive about joining this parade, and I didn’t read carefully, then overreacted. Thank you for being understanding. Also, you should know that he really does remember all these silly quotes, and can annoy you to death by spouting something hysterically apropos just when you’re trying to be mad at him. I think I’ve laughed more in the past year than I had in my whole life up until now. Well, Watson’s kids are asleep and I just heard the dishwasher go on, so I think it is time to move on to a different distraction . . . Thank you again for the welcome, you’ve all made my day. Ms. Crick ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-effin-board-ms-crick/13706/9 "2000-02-13T03:21:00Z")
Oi lassy, no apology needed - _ **WELCOME ABOARD!** _ Just sit back and enjoy the madness 😃 * * * **Coldfire** * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-effin-board-ms-crick/13706/10 "2000-02-13T03:38:00Z")
It _does_ get a bit bonkers around here, doesn’t it? Welcome C & W!